Business

Nearly seventy years ago, legendary management consultant Peter Drucker concluded all business is about two things—marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation. And seven decades later, this is truer than ever. Today, both marketing and innovation demand a change-leader focus, a bias for playing offense—and planning...

Boeing is in crisis. This week’s New York Times’ article by Bill Saporito, “Boeing Made a Change to Its Corporate Culture Decades Ago. Now It’s Paying the Price,” tells well the stack of mini-crises that birthed mega-crisis for one of America’s most “iconic” companies. On January...

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By Mike Allen, Erica Pandey and Jim VandeHei ·Apr 20, 2023 Apr 20, 2023 Axios CEO Jim VandeHei is here with his weekly column on life, work and leadership. Drop him a line: jim@axios.com. * Smart Brevity™ count: 729 words ... 3 mins. Thanks to Amy Stern for the copy edit.

1 big thing: Normal America


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Answers to age-old questions about the nearly 14 billion years of cosmic history are closer than ever, Axios' Miriam Kramer and Alison Snyder write.

  • "We're in a whole new era of astrophysics and planetary science," NASA scientist Stefanie Milam told Axios. "What we are seeing — even in our first glimpses — with the James Webb Space Telescope has just blown our mind. It surpassed our expectations in so many ways."

Three Important Truths Roger Martin

I have received many reader requests for advice on how to think about segmentation when creating strategy. Segmentation is a huge subject with which I could fill several books, so I thought I would focus on the few key things about which I always think when I am working on segmentation and strategy. To that end, I have dedicated my 39th Year II Playing to Win/ Practitioner Insights (PTW/PI) piece to Segmentation & Strategy: Three Important Truths. You can find the previous 91 PTW/PI here.

As a former four-time All American Decathlete, I’m deeply proud of the USA Track and Field team’s performance last month at the World Championships in Eugene, Oregon. Over three decades, it’s been our honor to work with Nike and USA Track and Field—and the sport’s amazing athletes, coaches, officials, and people. In...

Inside the hurricane of today’s swirling crises, take what might be termed a “Shultz Hour.” As a young aide on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, sometimes sitting behind then Senator Joe Biden, I was always impressed with Secretary of State George Shultz’s candor, calm, and...